Drone photo winners will amaze your eyeballs: From a high-up horseman to a holy river
toggle caption Dennis Schmelz
A solitary horseman, illuminated by a beam of light, stands on the snow, surrounded by eerie and jagged mountain peaks. It's an otherworldly image and it raises the question: How did a photographer manage to make such a captivating picture?
The answer: Drones!
That particular photo, titled "The Lone Horseman," by Dennis Schmelz, a filmmaker based in Germany took top honors in this year's Sienna awards, a global competition that celebrates the art of aerial photography captured by drones.
The image was made in Cappadocia, Turkey — a mecca for photographers because of its rockscape with "fairy chimneys." Schmelz wanted to capture a different perspective — instead of the tourists and hot-air balloons of summer, he wanted a winter scene when snow covers the rocks.
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"Silence fills the air and the whole region feels timeless and untouched," he says.
He sent up his drone to photograph a horseman at sunset.
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